Children and Teens’ Library Opens in Urmia

West Azerbaijan – In conjunction with National Children’s Week, a children and teens’ library with more than 600 volumes opened at the Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) Mosque Cultural Base in Urmia.

According to the reporter of Iran's Ambassador Arjan in Urmia, Zahra Absoran, in the opening ceremony of the children's and youth library in the cultural center of Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) Mosque in Urmia, she said, referring to the center's actions in the neighborhoods, "The Center for Intellectual Development tries to provide children and teenagers with access to books and cultural activities by being present in the neighborhoods and cooperating." The establishment of this library with more than 600 books in the cultural base of Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) Mosque is a step in this direction and an opportunity to expand the culture of reading among the children and teenagers of the neighborhood.

He added: During National Children's Week, attention to the needs and capacities of children, especially in underprivileged areas, is particularly important. We hope that with the help of local and cultural institutions, this space will become a dynamic center for reading books and cultural activities for children and teenagers.

Absuran continued: The establishment of mosque libraries centered on children is a successful model in connecting the future generation with mosques and religious centers on the one hand and promoting the cultural indicators of the neighborhoods on the other hand. The approach that the Center for Intellectual Development of West Azarbaijan Province follows by implementing various programs during the National Children's Week.

Morteza Farrokhbakhsh, Director General of the Social and Cultural Affairs Office of West Azerbaijan Governorate, while appreciating the actions of the Center for Intellectual Development in paying attention to children and teenagers from underprivileged areas, he considered the creation of a library and the implementation of cultural programs as a valuable step in the development of cultural justice.

Congratulating the children in the program on National Children's Week, he emphasized the necessity of planning and organizing cultural activities to respond to the needs of children and teenagers in these areas and added: combining the spiritual atmosphere of the mosque with the educational activities of the center is the best solution to strengthen religious beliefs and promote the culture of study among the audience.

Stating that mosques should become the cultural and educational hub of the neighborhoods, he pointed out: This movement in the form of the "One City, One Action for Children" plan is a successful model for other neighborhoods and we should witness the continuation and development of these activities with the participation of the residents and the continuous support of cultural institutions, so that the bright talents of these areas are identified and nurtured.

Simultaneously with the National Children's Week and along with the implementation of the "One City, One Action for Children" project with the aim of developing cultural justice and easy access to study spaces for underprivileged areas, a children's and adolescent library was opened in the cultural base of Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) Mosque in Urmia.

This new cultural space has been launched by equipping and assigning more than 600 book volumes in different subjects and age groups, with the efforts of the General Department of Cultural Creations of the Center for Intellectual Education of the country, to be an effective step in the direction of enriching leisure time and promoting the culture of reading in elementary ages.

In another part of this ceremony, children and teenagers performed cultural and literary programs, including book introductions, reciting, reading a story from Golestan Saadi, Hafez reading, and poetry reading. Also, an exhibition of children's arts and crafts, including pottery, painting, crafts and paper, was held on the sidelines of this event, which was appreciated by the attendees.

West Azerbaijan- At the same time as the National Children's Week, a children's and youth library with more than 600 volumes of books was opened in the cultural base of Hazrat Ali Asghar Mosque (AS) in Urmia.

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